Cook County Schools
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South Elgin kindergarten teacher surprised with Golden Apple awardMay 06, 2024 4:17 pm - Fox Meadow Elementary teacher Aimee Legatzke got quite the surprise interruption during story time with her kindergarten class on Monday afternoon at the South Elgin scho...
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Next stop, Paris? Stevenson grad wins NCAA floor exerciseMay 05, 2024 3:34 pm - Perhaps we’ll see him at the Paris Olympics... University of Michigan gymnast and graduate student Paul Juda (Stevenson High School) won the floor exercise at the NCAA Ch...
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Daredevils: It takes a ‘risk taker’ to soar over a bar as high as a house just for sportMay 05, 2024 6:00 am - The skinny on pole vaulters is that they are a little off. A group that gets their kicks catapulting upside-down over a metal bar as high as a house. One must be “a littl...
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Boys volleyball: Wheaton North edges Buffalo Grove in Fremd title matchMay 04, 2024 4:42 pm - Wheaton North was looking for a springboard. And the Falcons found one Saturday at the Fremd boys volleyball tournament. Wheaton North, which had not won a tournament all...
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From promises of no new taxes to Burnham, Bears’ latest stadium presentation sounded familiarMay 04, 2024 11:45 am - As Chicago Bears executives last week presented glossy renderings and extolled the virtues of building a new stadium on the city’s lakefront, one could hear echoes of sim...
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Boys track and field: It’s pronounced as a Neuqua Valley victoryMay 03, 2024 11:28 pm - Due to his name being mispronounced in middle school, Neuqua Valley senior Madhan Manikandaswamy has forever since been known as “Muffin,” or “Muffin Man.” When the Muffi...
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Boys track and field: Prospect continues strong spring with 2nd-place finish at ConantMay 03, 2024 10:49 pm - The 50th running of the Ron Gummerson Cougar Track Classic at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates had a unique format Friday. Outside of the four relay races, the rest ...
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Girls track and field: Prospect sprints to fourth straight MSL titleMay 03, 2024 10:26 pm - Barrington held an 81-80 lead over Prospect midway through the Mid-Suburban League girls track and field meet Friday night at Rolling Meadows. But the Knights were unstop...
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Baseball: Palatine rallies from 5 down, beats Hersey in extra inningsMay 03, 2024 10:17 pm - Palatine coach Paul Belo knows after 25 years as a head coach, that in baseball no deficit is too large to overcome. Belo made sure he let his Pirates know just that afte...
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$10 dresses: How Hoffman Estates High School helped make prom affordableMay 03, 2024 11:13 am - “Say Yes to the Dress,” an event led by Hoffman Estates High School fashion students, helped students in need to choose a prom dress for free and others to purchase a dress for $10.